Guidelines for use of the Asset Criticality Tool

· Enter Asset name and number from eAM.

Score each of the 7 criteria from “Operational Severity” to “Spares Lead Time”. Use
· the definitions and “weighting” contained in the “Criteria Definition” tab.

· The next column is simply the mathematical sum of the 7 criteria point values.

“Asset Criticality" is the ratio of actual points/total points possible (764), which ranks
· assets on a 100 point scale.

“Asset Criticality” is a number from 100-1 that will correspond with asset criticality in
· eAM (future level is 100-1, current level is 1-4). Determining "Asset Criticality" is the
last step as it "rolls up" all assets evaluated to date. The outcome is a ranking, by
criticality, of all plant wide assets from highest (100) to lowest (1).

This standard criticality tool enables plants to prioritize assets and resources on the
· equipment most critical to plant operation. The intent of this tool is to initially focus
everyone's energy on the most critical (Top 20%) plant assets in order to determine
the optimum maintenance strategy by first performing failure mode analyses, so that
PM/PdM optimization and Asset Health can then be applied.

Comments
·
The overall purpose of this tool is to provide a ranked list of assets in the plant to
determine the top 20% based on a standard set of criteria. The criteria are selected
· to represent the criticality of the equipment to the facility. Hence the name criticality
analysis.

Five of the seven criteria columns correlate with specific fields in the Isograph
Availability Workbench. This correlation allows the Reliability Engineer to import the
· information into Avsim with little effort. Additional information about the specific
AvSim field is listed in the comments for the column title.

The "granularity" or spread of the criticality scores is a function of the number of

questions asked and the range of each question. The actual sum is not important,
· from 1-764, but the ranking of equipment is important. Note that there may be
multiple equipment ID's that have the same criticality.
 The Spares Lead Time criteria is used to estimate several fields in the AvSim. The
general description for the stores system in AvSim is included for reference. The
AvSim module contains a powerful spare part tracking algorithm that allows spare
parts to be traced through three echelon levels. Echelon level 1 is nearest to the
· system and may represent spares stored ‘on site’ for a process plant, or ‘on board’ for
a ship etc. Level 2 is the next available level and may represent spares stored at a
‘depot’, or at a local vendor in town, for example. Level 3 is used to represent the
source of the spare (e.g. factory) from which the other echelon levels and system are
re-supplied. The repair shop may be used to re-cycle spares into the echelon
hierarchy.

The spares criticality ranking can be used to estimate the Logistics delay time in any
of the 3 levels. The model above may be useful to think about when discussing this
factor to insure which issue you concerned with.
 ASSET CRITICALITY ANALYSIS SPREAD SHEET (ACASS

Operational Severity
Asset Number Level 5 (System) Level 7 (Asset)
 Safety Severity

Environmental Severity
Company
Single Point Failure
READ SHEET (ACASS)

Maintainability

Reliability

Spares Lead Time

Sum of Criteria

Asset Criticality
Operational Severity

How will failure effect the facility's ability to meet mission requirements?
Based upon throughput reduction.

00 = No Impact
20 = 1 - 25%
40 = 26 - 50%
60 = 51 - 75%
80 = 76 - 99%
100 = 100%

Number imports into AvSim Effects under the same name in the per occurrence table.
Based upon design capacity not market or schedule requirements.

Safety Severity
Personal Injury Potential
00 = None
12 = Compliance Issue - We are subject to fines, curtailment, or criminal prosecution for failure to comply with local, state, or federal regulatio
24 = Minor injury/over exposure to reversible health hazards, such as nuisance dust or irritants.
36 = Moderate injury/over exposure to an irreversible health hazards such as; noise, sensitizers, fluoride, silica or corrosives.
48 = Serious injury or death/over exposure to a known carcinogen such as chrome 6, CTP or asbestos
Fire/Explosion Potential
00 = None
12 = Compliance Issue - We are subject to fines, curtailment, or criminal prosecution for failure to comply with local, state, or federal regulatio
24 = Low - Equipment won’t burn but sparks/flame may cause localized fire on or close to equipment, molten metal pops’, etc.
36 = Moderate - Fire/explosion can damage equipment and/or spread to adjoining equipment or structures, oil fires, metal fires, dust clouds.
48 = High - Fire can cause significant damage to equipment, complex or building seriously impacting business operations.
Safety During Maintenance
00 = None - No/Low safety issues while performing maintenance.
12 = Compliance issue. We are subject to fines, curtailment, or criminal prosecution for failure to comply with local, state, or federal regulatio
24 = Low - Hoisting or rigging equipment required
36 = Moderate - Fall protection, high pressure line break
48 = High - Confined space, electrocution, engulfment

Environmental Severity
Air Emissions - Dust, Fumes, Gases, Smoke, Etc.
0 = None
15 = Low - Nuisance dust or mist collects on nearby equipment/floor, housekeeping issue.
30 = Moderate - Dust, fumes, smoke inside the building that can affect persons or equipment (asphyxiant, irritant, corrosive, poisonous, etc)
45 = Severe - Dust, fumes, smoke, emissions released outside building (asphyxiant, irritant, corrosive, poisonous, etc)
60 = Compliance Issue - We are subject to fines, curtailment, or criminal prosecution for failure to comply with local, state, or federal regulatio
Chemical Spills - Lubes, Cleaner/Degreasers, Chemicals
0 = None - no chemicals
15 = Low - catch pan, concrete floor, slow moving fluid (grease).
30 = Moderate - liquids or powders onto or into the soil or water within the plant.
45 = Severe - liquids or powders onto the soil or into the water outside the plant.
60 = Compliance Issue - We are subject to fines, curtailment, or criminal prosecution for failure to comply with local, state, or federal regulatio

Single Point Failure

Is there a way to minimize loss caused by failure?

00 = No Loss
20 = Redundant Auto
40 = Redundant Manual
60 = Work around possible
80 = Reduced capacity
100 = Complete Loss

This field helps identify the type of standby in AvSim under the Block properties and the rules
tab. The options are Hot, Cold and Warm.

Maintainability

Maintainability is a characteristic of design and installation, expressed as the probability that an

item will be retained in or restored to a specified condition within a given period of time, when
the maintenance is performed in accordance with prescribed procedures and resources.

Product of: Serviceable (must be easily repaired) and Supportable (must be cost-effectively
kept in or restored to a usable condition)

00 = Serviceability is high and Supportability is high

25 =Serviceability is high or Supportability is high
50 =Serviceability is low or Supportability is low
100=Serviceability is low and Supportability is low

Reliability
Use the last two previous years data to determine the number of breakdowns or routine tasks
performed on each asset.
00 = No breakdowns/corrective
20 = 1 per year
40 = 2 per year
60 = 3 per year
80 = 4 per year
100 = > 5 per year

Spares and Lead Time

Time required to repair parts or obtain replacement parts in an emergency.
00 = <1 week
20 = 1 to 3 weeks
40 = 3 to 6 weeks
60 = 6 weeks to 3 months
80 = 3 months to 6 months
100 = > 6 months
with local, state, or federal regulations or agreements.

silica or corrosives.

with local, state, or federal regulations or agreements.

lten metal pops’, etc.
s, oil fires, metal fires, dust clouds.
ness operations.

with local, state, or federal regulations or agreements.

irritant, corrosive, poisonous, etc)

with local, state, or federal regulations or agreements

with local, state, or federal regulations or agreements